Unknown

Be kinder than necessary
because everyone you meet is fighting

some kind of battle.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

We must make the choices that enable us

to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

Nothing can be compared to the great beauty

and capabilities of a soul; however keen

our intellects may be, they are as unable

to comprehend them as to comprehend God,

for, as He has told us, He created us 

in His own image and likeness.

Rumi (1207-1273)

Come, come whoever you are, wanderer,
worshipper, lover of leaving
–it doesn't matter
Ours is not a caravan of despair
Come, even if you have broken your vow a hundred times
Come, come again

Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom.
It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest
might weaken and the wisest might err.

Matthew 6:27-29

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:
they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you
that even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

Happiness is not a matter of intensity
but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. 

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Helen Keller (1880-1968)

All the world is full of suffering.

It is also full of overcoming.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

We have what we seek, it is there all the time,
and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.

Emily Dickinson (1830–86)

IF I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin	5
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Lawrence, Brother (Nicholas Herman, c. 1605-1691)

That many do not advance in the Christian progress,
because they stick in penances, and particular exercises,
while they neglect the love of GOD,
which is the end.

Francis of Assisi (ca. 1181-1226)

For it is in giving that we receive.